Movistar Riders to attend IEM Katowice as Complexity are ruled out

13/2/2022 - 21:56

Positive COVID results have blocked the North American team from traveling to Poland for the $1,000,000 event.

Complexity will not be competing in the play-in stage of the first big LAN event of the year as multiple positive COVID test results see them unable to travel to the tournament. Taking their spot in Katowice will be Movistar Riders, who are next in line according to the ESL Pro Tour ranking.

So far, two players have been ruled out of the tournament due to positive COVID tests, Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool for FaZe and Aurimas "⁠Bymas⁠" Pipiras for MOUZ, but the two teams will nonetheless compete with standins. Earlier in February, TYLOO pulled out of the event due to COVID-19 regulations, with Sprout landing a spot based on their Pro Tour points.

The Spaniards will fill the spot left vacant by Complexity

Movistar Riders are currently ranked 23rd in the world and have just finished 5-6th at ESL Challenger February following a surprise loss to South Americans of 9z. Alejandro "⁠mopoz⁠" Fernández-Quejo Cano and co. have been making waves since returning to a fully-Spanish lineup, however, peaking at 14th place in the world in October of 2021 and participating in the Challengers Stage of the PGL Stockholm Major.

BIG will be the first team Movistar Riders will face in Poland, kicking off with a BO1 brawl on Tuesday at 13:30 , while their second opponent will be Astralis or MIBR.

On the other hand, missing out on Katowice will come as another big hit for Complexity who started their European campaign by playing Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals while Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou was still in America. A last-place finish at BLAST Premier Spring Groups followed before the team ended their six-match losing streak with a win over ORDER and eventually a top-four finish at ESL Challenger February.

The team list for IEM Katowice is as follows:

Main Event

Play-In

RIP

2022-02-13 21:56

20 replies

its just genuinely sad for coL

2022-02-13 21:58

17 replies

FUCK MAN

2022-02-13 21:59

16 replies

the event should be online to avoid this type of things happening! #KatowiceOnline

2022-02-13 22:01

15 replies

this org is cursed in CS i swear man old roster and this one too already

2022-02-13 22:02

7 replies

CoL as an org are overrated frankly. They just throw money around and hope it works. They had cold blame jks and esetag on the same roster

2022-02-13 22:26

6 replies

overrated? underrated if anything they continue to invest money into CS and dont just quit we need big orgs with financial backings to stay in CS you don't understand the industry clearly

2022-02-13 22:28

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yeah throwing in money is good but it needs to be thoughtful. I can spend a billion dollars to buy simple Zywoo Niko coldzera device but that team still would be shit. They need to buy players that fit the team, not just expensive players. That’s why mouz is such a respected org despite not having much money

2022-02-13 22:33

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2022-02-13 22:50

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/0/

2022-02-14 03:21

Yeah it would be shit cuz it has 2 garbage players, your point? But your mouz point is based

2022-02-13 23:06

Coldzera kekw

2022-02-15 12:06

Shut the **** up NO to online in 2022

With how COVID is right now this is kind of expected tbh, just sucks for the players/teams who get screwed by it. But screw online tournaments. LAN is 500 times better.

2022-02-13 22:05

+1 for the first part but idk, LAN isn't that much better

2022-02-14 22:50

2022-02-13 22:27

0/8

2022-02-14 00:56

??? you make no sense. Everybody has been waiting for two years for LANs, but here you are.

2022-02-14 08:40

Are you crazy? Katowice is the best event of the year, it must be on LAN youtube.com/watch?v=lxq9fCxyc6I

2022-02-14 17:49

heet > movistar

2022-02-13 23:16

2022-02-14 22:59

Damn

2022-02-13 21:57

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First ropz, them Bymas, now Col Thats why idc about CS as an esport since Covid appear

Thats actually so annoying

2022-02-13 22:19

Ez for mopoz

Lol.... Democrat liberal leftists covid laws ruining teams. RIP.

2022-02-14 08:05

Let's go Riders!

Tier 3 team

2022-02-13 22:18

Better than any canadian team ever

2022-02-13 22:30

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NAF alone is more relevant than the whole team Movistar Riders

2022-02-14 08:16

+1 and twistzz too

2022-02-14 16:08

didnt say they are worse or better players, but any canadian team or core has been better than they as team

2022-02-14 16:13

sad complexity fan noises

*bacon cheese noises intensifies*

2022-02-13 22:16

the sound of a tub of margarine hitting the deep fryer oil

2022-02-14 23:21

*chills*

2022-02-15 10:36

What a joke

coL hang in there boys

not like they were gonna do anything there anyways, maybe MR will actually win a map

True words of wisdom. I don't think this coL team will exist very long.

2022-02-13 22:12

Probably not with Junior

2022-02-14 01:45

I respect the desire to try and do well with a NA roster, god knows the region is in desperate need of strong and financially stable orgs to support and develop up and coming players. That said, this iteration is off to a hella-rocky start. Hope they turn things around.

2022-02-14 18:31

WHY NOT 9Z

Who

Because Riders is way better ranked, 9z lost almost the half of ESL points

Ecstatic better ranking than MR

Not in esl, only in hltv

2022-02-13 22:44

pro.eslgaming.com/worldranking/csgo/rank..

2022-02-13 22:48

Because it's about ESL pro tour rankings

2022-02-13 23:10

If anyone is wondering: Next two teams to fill-in in case anyone is also ruled out are Sinners and AGO

Ago would be nice to see there. Even with only two matches in play-in.

Don't even tell me, I've been a fan since they entered CS, it kind of hurts seeing if we were literally 2 spots higher in the Road to Kato ranking we'd finally get to play in Kato for the first time in history :c

2022-02-14 00:59

at least you have wisla krakow

2022-02-14 06:29

Yeah, good that our scene at least has a representation, but it hits different when it's >your< team

2022-02-14 10:25

no future with grashog tho

2022-02-14 11:54

Also probably true which is sad, I had high hopes for him at fisrt

2022-02-14 12:25

Hope everyone is doing fine in coL, but let's goooo!

Lets go

2022-02-13 22:00

Should i be worried about my BiG players in fantasy?

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Nah lol

But Big never beat Movistar, no? At least from matches that i remember

2022-02-13 22:03

They did in kato playin last season hahaha

2022-02-13 22:06

Something like that

Hahahahah

I was praying you'd reply lmao

2022-02-14 11:47

What happens if your player in fantasy can't attend? Refund ir fucked?

2022-02-14 13:54

SUNPAYUS WILL CARRY

should invite 9z

Spaaaain

Vamos Riders!!

RIP, now the only savior of the NA cs left

This covid panic again xDDDD Polish government delusional as well as host & others GL to Movistar btw

Have you read the post? This is not just travel restrictions as it was with Tyloo, they actually have COVID, so obviously they can't travel rn. That has nothing to do with the polish government

2022-02-13 23:47

reading vs hltv user, could be a hard match

2022-02-13 23:54

Oh no! They have a cold! They might feel themselves awful having 36.8° temperature and runny nose! Oh no!

2022-02-14 00:45

nt chrisJ

2022-02-14 02:35

2022-02-14 08:59

nt chrisj

2022-02-14 17:13

Damn thats unlucky

Only 1 NA team now, fuck

Liquid always only NA hope in all the international tournaments :(

2022-02-14 16:10

Sorry but letsgo!

Seems like white flag KEKW, anyway no chance for them, movistar same, or mb fluke?

9z>movi

wow that sucks, unlucky

Fucking fuck

2022-02-13 22:08

sad for col, nice for riders!

2022-02-13 22:09

Unlucky for CoL, Lets Go Rideeers

2022-02-13 22:11

F covid

2022-02-13 22:14

NA just can't catch a break

Top 10 soon

2022-02-13 22:17

not deserved they couldn't even win one map vs 9z

Yep they get in to the Major and Pro League, but dont deserve cose they lose VS 9z KEKW

2022-02-13 22:25

their form is gone for a while its not same team as on major

2022-02-13 22:29

They played the clock too much and risked too many duels, but i still have faith in them :D

2022-02-13 22:55

well, things just got a lot harder for BIG

Man are u joking ? Movistar riders are 3tier team So ez for BIG

2022-02-13 22:45

col are tier 8

2022-02-13 22:52

Can be tier 9999999999 but still better than Trash Riders

2022-02-13 22:56

FUCK

2022-02-13 22:23

COVID IN 2022 LUL

stay safe Col <3 btw happy valentines days SPANIARDS :D

^rest in piss big clan

2022-02-13 22:36

bruh in no possible universe complexity start with the new roster could be any worse

2022-02-13 22:38

omfg

2022-02-13 22:39

Tier 6 Botstar Riders lmao, better invite 5 randoms from the street near spodek

They are 12 rankings away from BIG. So what is BIG? Tier 4?

2022-02-13 22:54

And ? The ranking is not right if team like astralis is on 7th place.. Movistar riders are rly rly bad

"The ranking is not right if team like astralis is on 7th place." IT is since Astralis is really struggling? They will most likely drop 1-2 spots in a few days when they update the rankings. MR is not bad but not good, they are decent.

2022-02-13 23:02

they are #23 in the world lol.

2022-02-13 22:53

Great #23 team Played 3 matches this year won 1 bo1 vs Dignitas Lost 16-3 to VP and 2-0 to 9z

2022-02-14 23:30

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2022-02-14 19:56

Omg why this trash team ... fkn boring to watch anyway ez for BIG

Riders isnt boring dude

2022-02-14 16:37

Yes they are

2022-02-14 18:45

SpOMEGALULain can only qualifier for this type of events by covid of other teams KEKW

better team can get a chance now

Ouff. But, Movistar is honestly a decent replacement.

man.... :(

2022-02-13 23:01

coL disbanded already hahaaha

Damn, poor guys :/

2022-02-13 23:08

Nah bro. Poor Grim seems to be cursed.

2022-02-13 23:11

Sorry for coL, but #VamosRiders. BIG so lucky...

2022-02-13 23:14

vamoooooooooos

2022-02-13 23:22

I mean they are not gonna make it to the playoffs I don't think so may as well stay home. The team is horrendous.

2022-02-13 23:28

How the f they got covid when they all in a bootcamp? Were they party outside after matches? What did they celebrate? Losing matches? Wtf Jason Lake can't take a break from his Esports choices. Seems like always making a mistake on choosing roster.

2022-02-13 23:33

Can we finally stop with this hoax? ffs, most likely, neither of them will even have a fever

2022-02-13 23:37

multiple positives... american team... not surprised

2022-02-13 23:38

Vamos Riders! Wishing the coL guys a speedy recovery, really sucks for them to miss out.

Anyway coL sucks and wont pass to main event

2022-02-13 23:56

Very unlucky for Complexity , feels bad man Hope MR get in better shape than they are now Lets go Riders, dont throw this opportunity!!!

2022-02-13 23:57

2022-02-13 23:59

Good bots are out

2022-02-14 00:08

Sorry for Col, but LET'S GO!!!

2022-02-14 00:12

rip that sucks :(

2022-02-14 00:33

complexity too busy eating hamburgers and decided to practice their "rights", so they didnt follow covid restrictions. Unluko

2022-02-14 00:44

covid restrictions in 2022 are stupid af

2022-02-14 05:09

Is EG not playing in Katowice?

2022-02-14 01:32

Nope they don't have the EPT points needed to qualify

2022-02-14 16:12

fucking shit

2022-02-14 01:35

ok this is a total disgrace

2022-02-14 02:38

looks like they just want to shove in more EU teams lmao what a joke event

2022-02-14 03:11

Hahahahaha did you even read the article, how are they shoving more EU teams in if the spots are filled in by esl pro tour rankings

2022-02-14 04:56

When NA CS is getting better but is still more NA than CS lol

2022-02-14 05:49

As if the state of NA CS wasn't bad enough

2022-02-14 06:53

9z way better lol

2022-02-14 06:56

CoL would've smashed VP if it weren't for Covid. Get well soon CoL!

2022-02-14 08:54

This team is cursed

2022-02-14 08:55

they finally win games and then this happens lmao cursed af

2022-02-14 09:06

joke

2022-02-14 09:59

GL Riders!

2022-02-14 10:29

So sad for CoL... :(

2022-02-14 12:34

sad for CoL get well guys!!!

2022-02-14 14:34

Thats sad :/

2022-02-14 15:34

Cursed coL

2022-02-14 16:35

coL has been relevant since Day of Defeat 1.3 days.. Sad to see they picked up a bad NA team.

2022-02-14 16:39

Vamos Riders!

2022-02-14 18:01

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2022-02-14 20:58